whakatete
1. (verb) (-a) to annoy, quarrel, pick a quarrel, oppose.
Te taenga atu o ngā iwi ki Te Aroha kāhore he tāngata hei whakatete ki a rātou mō taua whenua (TWM 21/6/1871:6). / When the tribes reached Te Aroha there was nobody to oppose them for the land.
Synonyms: tautētete, tū, tāwari, ātete, tātā, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, kohete, ngangau, pākani
2. (verb) to prop up, bolster, shore up, brace.
Ko ngā whare katoa i Te Wairoa ngakongako katoa i te ākinga a te kōhatu e ngiha tonu nei, e rua rawa anō ngā mea i tū. He mea whakatete a roto o aua whare ki te rākau, ka whai whakamaurutanga ngā mōrehu o Tūhourangi i ora (KO 24/8/1886:7). / All the houses at Te Wairoa were smashed to pieces from the pounding of the rocks that were still burning, and only two were left standing. Timber was used inside those houses to prop them up so that the Tūhourangi survivors would have somewhere to shelter and be saved.
3. (modifier) perverse, obstinate, rebellious, opposing.
He mema aua tāngata nō te Pāramete o Ingarani. Heoi, he hoa whakatete ki te Kāwanatanga o te Ingirihi (KO 12/2/1890:2). / Those people are members of England's Parliament. However, they are opponents of the English Government.
Synonyms: tīhoihoi, tutū, whakakeke, korokē, kōrori, parori, mautohe, whakakāhore, ātete, tāwari, tauwhāinga, tautētete, taumārō, pukutohetohe, whakatuturi, taringa pākura, kakī mārō, tohetohe, turi, ngana, makiki, kōioio, whakatohe, whātuturi, hoi, kōroiroi, pukutohe, pūkeke, houkeke, upoko mārō, papamārō, hōkeke, whakaturi, mōtohe, pake
4. (noun) disagreement, quarrel, tension, conflict, argument, discord, dissent.
Ka kaha te tomo mai a te Pākehā ki roto o Te Wairarapa, ka tīmata te whakatete a ngā taitama ki ngā kaumātua (TTR 1990:224). / As Pākehā moved into Wairarapa in increasing numbers, disagreement grew between the young men and the elders.
